Poetry and Days

Home
Archive
About
New
Top
Stand still
And let it go
 • 
William Pastille
Humidity
We are soaked
 • 
William Pastille
Nights and Days
The essential skill
 • 
William Pastille
Rest
Today minus sixty-eight years, in the early morning hours, my mother brought me into this death, this dying-living, this mystery-journey, this finite…
 • 
William Pastille
Being whatever it is
the silence wraps up the plumber clinking tools two rooms down, the vehicles passing on the road outside, the chattering of my thoughts that won't slow…
 • 
William Pastille
Dust
A day full of tasks, / every day and no / joy, no laughter, no light. / Instead, a haze, a grayness, / leaden dustcovers shrouding / the solid…
 • 
William Pastille
Boxing
A few lines a day, Goethe said. / Not to get all meta about it / but this poetry business must / have been easy for him. Maybe he / could scratch out “a…
 • 
William Pastille
Poetry and Days
Poetry and Days
Poems and the Days in which they are written
Recommendations
Poetly
Poetly aranya
On Poetry
On PoetryAndrew McIver
Figs in Winter: Stoicism and beyond
Figs in Winter: Stoicism and beyondMassimo Pigliucci
Poets Reading the News
Poets Reading the NewsPoets Reading the News
[Poetry]
[Poetry]Rachel Rossos

Poetry and Days

AboutArchiveRecommendations
© 2023 William Pastille
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing